Old Japanese Proverb
He who attempts NaNoWriMo once is a wise man.
He who attempts it twice is a fool.
How foolish are you?
This is a problem that can easily be solved with a little pseudo-mathmatical formula.
Mount Fuji is 3,776 (meters high)
To climb it twice would take it to 3,776 x 2 = 7,552
A NaNoWriMo novel is 50,000 (words long)
To attempt it twice would take it to 100,000
100,000 ÷ 7,552 = 13.24
This means it is 13.24 times more foolish to attempt NaNoWriMo than it is to climb Mount Fuji.
But how about you? It is important to include the number of additional attempts YOU have made into the equation. For example is you have 2 additional attempts (including the present one) multiply 13.24 by the power of two.
13.24² = 175.337995
It does not end there. We have to bring TIME into the equation. It takes about 8 hours to climb Mount Fuji as opposed to 24 (hours a day--yes, ask any writer, it does occupy that amount of time!) multiplied by 30 (days in November)
Let's put a numerical value on the TIME you have to put into your writing.
24 (hours in a day) x (30 days x 4 attempts) (actual writing time) = 2,880
2,880 - 16 (actual climbing time) = 2,864
DISTANCE x TIME = NUMERICAL FOOLISHNESS VALUE
175.337995 x 2,864 = 502,168.003
SO THERE IT IS. THE PROOF THAT I AM 502,168.003 TIMES THE FOOL FOR ATTEMPTING NANOWRIMO FOR THE FOURTH TIME!
What is your Numerical Foolishness Value???
Note: I make no claims to being a mathematician. This is just a bit of fun. If you can come up with a better one, I challenge you!
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